Cigar-mold.



Patented Mar.v 4, |902.

G. M. WILLIAMS.

CLEAR MOLD.

(Applicato filed July 19, 1901.)

(No' Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. WILLIAMS, OE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, OF YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-NIOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters y:Patent No. 694,507, dated March 4, 1902.

Appui-.ation filed July 19, i901.

To @ZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Molds, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.'

This invention relates to certain improvelo ments in cigar-molds. Cigar-molds as now ordinarily constructed4 comprise two sections, one of which carries. the matrices and the other the corresponding cups which engage the matrices to complete l5 the molds.

In working the molds in cigar-factories it has been found that it is very desirable to keep the cup and matrix sections of each of the several molds together, because, vWhile the 2e parts of the molds are intended to be interchangeable, it has been found that because of unequal shrinkage-or for other reasonsa cupsection which has been worked in connection with one matrix-section does not fit into another section With that accuracy Which is necessary to produce the best results. If, therefore, the cup-sections and matrix-sections of several molds become interchanged, the cups may be broken as the parts of the mold are 3o assembled or a creased or seamed cigar may be produced. Furthermore, the edges of the cups are Very thin and are liable to become broken by the rough handling which the molds receive in a cigar-factory.

One of the objects of this invention is to produce an improved cigar-mold of such a construction that the tWo parts of the mold may be kept together and the connection between the two parts of the mold be of such a 4o character that when the mold is opened the cup-carryingsection may be turned beneath the matrix-carrying section With the edges of the cups facing the bottom of said section, so as to be protected thereby.

Afurther object of lthe invention is to produce an improved cigar-mold in which the sections of the mold are so connected that they may be kept together and in Whichthe cupcarrying section may be turned beneath the 5o matrix-carrying section when the mold is opened, With the edges of the cup facing the Serial No. 68,883. (No model.)

bottom of said section, so as to be protected thereby, the connection between the parts being located in recesses in the mold, so as not to interfere With the ready handling thereof. With these and other objects in View the invention consists in certain constructionsv and in certain parts, improvements, and combinations, as Will be hereinafter fully described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like Icharacters of reference indicate the same parts, Figure 1 isa sectional side elevation of a mold constructed-in accordance with the invention,the mold being shown closed. Fig. 2 is an end view of the construction illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a View of the mold in its open position, the cup-carrying section being turned beneath the matrix-carrying section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the cup-carrying section of the mold, said section being provided with cups 2, which are or may be of any usual construction. The matriX-carrying section of the mold is indicated at 3, said section being provided With the `usual matrices 4, Which are engaged by the -`cups in the usual manner When the mold is with the edges of the cups on the cup-section beneath the bottom of the matrix-carrying section. This double joint may be Widely varied in construction.

As shown, the cup-carrying section of the mold is provided with a strap 5, which is or may be secured to said section by screws 6 or in any other suitable manner, the section being preferably recessed so that the strap lies flush with the top of the mold. In the con- IOO struction shown the strap is provided with ears 7, which are or may be made integral therewith, the end of the section being provided with a recess 8, in which the ears enter, so as to be flush with the plane in which the end of the section lies. The cup-carrying section 4 is provided with a strap 9, which is or maybe secured to the section by screws 10 or in any other suitable manner, said section being also preferably recessed, so that the strap lies iiush with the bottom of the mold. This section is further preferably provided with a recess 1l. The strap 9 is shown as in two sections, and the ends of these sections are bent upward, as indicated at 12, and lie in the recess l1 and carrya pin 13, and on this pin is pivoted a collar 14, from which extends a headed pin 15. This headed pin passes through a recess in a link 16, which is shown as stirrup-shaped. The ends of this link in the construction shown pass between the ears 7 and are engagedby a pintle 17, which is supported by the ears 7.

The cup-carrying section of the mold is or may be provided with the usual guide or steady pins 18, said pins engaging perforations 19 in the matrix-carrying section, and this section is or may be provided with the usual recess 20, in which the hand or a suitable tool may be inserted to open the mold.

It will be seen that as the mold is opened the pintle of the hinge, which is located substantially at the line of juncture between the mold-sections, moves outward away from the mold, the link and pintle turning around the axis of the pin 13, and after the mold is opened the swivel connection between the link and the pin 15 permits the cup-section of the mold to be turned beneath the matrix-section, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

While the construction which has been described is a preferred form of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto, but that it may be embodied in other forms of construction.

lVhat is claimed is-f 1. In acigar-mold,the combination with the two sections carrying the cups and matrices respectively, of means for connecting said sections, said means including a double joint whereby the sections may be separated to open the mold and the cup-section turned beneath the matrix-section with the edges of the cups facing the bottom of said section, substantially as described.

2. In acigar-mold,the combination with the two sections carrying the cups and the matrices respectively, of a hinged joint between said sections, said joint includingr a swivel connection, whereby the mold may beopened and the cup-section turned beneath the matrix-section with the edges of the cups facing the bottom of said section substantially as described.

3. In a cgarmold,the combination with the two sections carrying the cups and the matrices respectively, of a hinged joint between said sections, said joint including a swivel connection, and lying in a recess in the end of the mold, whereby the mold may be opened and the cup-section turned beneath the matrix-section with the edges of the cups facing the bottom of said section, substantially as described;

4. In a cigar-mold,the combination with the two sections carrying the cups and the mattrices respectively, of a hinged joint between said sections, said joint comprising a link and swivel connection whereby the axis of the hinge moves outward as the mold is opened, and after the mold is fully opened the cupcarrying section may be turned beneath the matriX-carryin g section, the edges of the cups facing the bottom of said section, substantially as described.

5. In a cigar-mold,the combination with the two sections carrying the cups and the matrices respectively, of a hinged joint between said sections, a part secured to one of the sections and provided with a pintle, a link having perforations engaged by the pintle, and a swivel connection between said link and the other section, substantially as described.

6. In acigar-mold,the combination with the cup-carryingsection, of apart secured thereto and provided with a pintle, a matrix-carrying section, a link, a swivel connection between the matrix-carrying section and the link, said link being engaged by the pintle, substan tially as described.

7. In a ci garmold,the combination with the cup-carrying section, said section having a recess in its end, of a part carrying a pintle located in said recess, a matrix-carrying section, said section having a recess in its end, a link, and a swivel connection between the matrix-carrying section and the link, said link and swivel connection being located in the recess of the matrix-carrying section, and said link being engaged by the pintle, substantially as described.

S. In a cigar-mold,the combination with the cup-carrying section, said section havinga recess in its end, of a pintle-carrying part lo cated in said recess, a matrix-carrying section having a recess in its end, a link located in said recess and engaging the pintle, and a pivoted headed pin also secured in said recess and engaging a perforation in the link and forming a swivel connection therewith, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE M. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

LEE PURCELL, AUG. W. BRADFORD.

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